N01640:2393
Psalterium Americanum. The Book of Psalms, in a translation exactly conformed unto the original;…
Psalterium Americanum. The Book of Psalms, in a translation exactly conformed unto the original; but all in blank verse. : Fitted unto the tunes commonly used in our churches. Which pure offering is accompanied with illustrations, digging for hidden treasures in it; and rules to employ it upon the glorious and various intentions of it. : Whereunto are added, some other portions of the sacred Scripture, to enrich the cantional.
Boston: printed by S. Kneeland for B. Eliot, 1718
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
11 My days are like a shadow which ‖ is now on the Decline; ‖ and like unto a parched Herb, ‖ even so I withered am. ‖
11 My days are like a shadow which ‖ is now on the Decline; ‖ and like unto a parched Herb, ‖ ev'n so I wither'd am. ‖
12 But, O ETERNAL God, Thou dost ‖ endure forevermore; ‖ and thy Remembrance from one Age ‖ unto another Age. ‖
13 Thou wilt arise, and now thou wilt ‖ to Zion mercy show, ‖ because the time to favour her, ‖ yea, the set Time is come. ‖
14 Inasmuch as thy Servants do ‖ take wondrous pleasure in ‖ the Stones thereof, and they are kind ‖ unto the dust thereof. ‖